Pump themed anchor

[Bugzilla46310]

Bought a 1998 Slyvan 17” Blue Fish this fall from the original owners, as I was going to retire and the Mrs. loves to fish. But my boss conned me into another year. (Work from home so easy money.) The boat has a MinnKota Deckmate on the bow but no anchor. The only place you’ll find that anchor now is on the bottom of some lake or river. I’ve been a Reliability Engineer my whole career working a lot with pumps. So I decided to make a pump themed stainless anchor in honor of my career. I had a stainless pump shaft from Dean PH200, a 1930-1990 era centrifugal pump, that I did some machining on, picked up a stainless impeller on eBay for cheap, and bought or made some miscellaneous hardware. Weighs about 10#. I’m happy with the results and think it may even function. If not I’m not too concerned as I made it for more of a conversation piece. Next I’m going to make a stainless docking station for the Deckmate that will allow the anchor to stay docked while traveling without loading the plastic gears in the Deckmate. There are other anchors on the boat that are too heavy for the Deckmate.

 

[redneck joe]

Looks pretty cool.

I retired yesterday from being semi retired because of my first grandbaby that came Wednesday. I am now a full time grampa. I have her first life jacket picked out for next summer.

 

[Bondo]

Bought a 1998 Slyvan 17” Blue Fish this fall from the original owners, as I was going to retire and the Mrs. loves to fish. But my boss conned me into another year. (Work from home so easy money.) The boat has a MinnKota Deckmate on the bow but no anchor. The only place you’ll find that anchor now is on the bottom of some lake or river. I’ve been a Reliability Engineer my whole career working a lot with pumps. So I decided to make a pump themed stainless anchor in honor of my career. I had a stainless pump shaft from Dean PH200, a 1930-1990 era centrifugal pump, that I did some machining on, picked up a stainless impeller on eBay for cheap, and bought or made some miscellaneous hardware. Weighs about 10#. I’m happy with the results and think it may even function. If not I’m not too concerned as I made it for more of a conversation piece. Next I’m going to make a stainless docking station for the Deckmate that will allow the anchor to stay docked while traveling without loading the plastic gears in the Deckmate. There are other anchors on the boat that are too heavy for the Deckmate.

Ayuh,.... Welcome Aboard,..... I love it,.......
I've spent my life, turning junk into gold,....

 

[cyclops222]

Are you serious about depending on that to hold the boat ? Your lives are not worth very much to you. Buy a REAL ANCHOR before yours allows the wind and current to drag it onto a rock pile and sink.

 

[racerone]

It is good for a " lunch hook " , it is not a functional anchor.

 

[Bugzilla46310]

Are you serious about depending on that to hold the boat ? Your lives are not worth very much to you. Buy a REAL ANCHOR before yours allows the wind and current to drag it onto a rock pile and sink.

Obviously you did not read the whole post.

 

[airshot]

Sounds to me like he is going to duplicate the anchor feature on his trolling motor. Mine works well in winds up to 15 mph and 2' chop. No matter what you want to use, the coast hard still requires an actual anchor on board if you're use any kind of public waterway.

 

[alldodge]

For you guys which are not reading the entire post I'll point out the following in post 1

There are other anchors on the boat that are too heavy for the Deckmate.